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Sep 15, 2018

Julie Chen’s ‘Moonves’ sign-off doesn’t go unnoticed

Panelists on CBS daytime gabfest “The Talk” very noticeably did not talk
about colleague Julie Chen’s dramatic return to the network Thursday
night.
“The Talk” episode was taped in advance of Chen’s return.

Competing daytime talker “The View” was happy to take up the slack.
Panelists on that ABC show discussed at length Chen’s headline-grabbing
return to CBS’ air, four days after her husband, Leslie Moonves, stepped
down as CEO of CBS Corp.

In a Mrs. Norman Maine moment, Chen closed out Thursday’s
double-elimination episode of the reality competition series by saying,
“from outside the Big Brother House with Brent, I’m Julie Chen Moonves.
Good night.”

It was first time Chen had used “Moonves” as her last name on air on “Big Brother,” which she has hosted since 2000.

Her husband stepped down hours after The New Yorker published a second
Ronan Farrow article in which more women came forward accusing Moonves
of sexual misconduct spanning decades.

“It was a message saying ‘I believe in my husband’ — much like the
message she put out on Twitter,” “The View‘s” Sunny Hostin asserted,
referencing the statement supporting Moonves that Chen issued after
Farrow’s first New Yorker expose on CBS’s chief.

“I think she’s letting us know she’s still there,” Hostin added.

“Hillary Clinton stood by Bill Clinton after that Monica Lewinsky thing —
people attacked her for that,” Joy Behar contributed. “They would have
attacked her if she left. It’s a no-win situation for the wives.”

Behar and her fellow “The View” panelists concluded that Chen will have a
much tougher time returning to “The Talk,” what with that show being a
topical talk show and #MeToo movement being such a big cultural story.